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Ex-Pat Bars
On the rare day that you find yourself sitting in your apartment starving for some conversation in English or just there are many ex-pat hangouts that can turn a blue day into something brighter....
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Beaujolais!
It’s Beaujolais time! Put aside whatever you’re doing and join in the global worship of this young wine. If you haven’t pre-ordered your bottles of Beaujolais then hurry because the demand is going...
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Bon Beaune
The beautiful medival city, Beaune, hosts the world’s largest wine auction in the world– The Trois Glorieuses– the third weekend of November every year. The town comes alive with festivities: marching...
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Food Fair in Paris
This weekend Paris hosted the largest food fair I’ve ever been to, with over 400 hundred artisanal vendors, producers, and artists of gourmet food & wine. The Salon Saveurs Des Plaisirs Gourmands...
View ArticleAirport Security…Ho, Ho, Ho
It’s the 23rd and I’m writing this from United’s economy section leaving Paris and headed to San Francisco via Chicago. No, not posting it (that would be impossible), just writing down my recent...
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Paris in SF?
I came home to San Francisco from Paris craving spicy mexican food, sushi, and Bay Area fusion but, instead I keep ending up at French restuarants. I don’t know why this keeps happening! The other...
View Article2006 RESOLUTIONS!
1. Get that Parisian anorexic look even if it kills me. 2. Stop drinking so much wine….or stop caring that I drink so much wine. 3. Start smoking again so I won’t have to smell it in my hair and...
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Cinderella at Le Cinq
The experience I had at Le Cinq, the three star restaurant of the Four Seasons Hotel in Paris, can only be described as ethereal. My husband and I met with our friends Natalie Zee, author of...
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Radicchio Rose
Every Parisian thinks that the arrondissment that they live in is the best–including me. I happen to know for certain that the 17th is the very BEST arrondissment with one of the only farmer’s markets...
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Le Soufflé
If you only have a few days in Paris this is one of those restuarants that you MUST check out before leaving. The fun white coated waiters, kitsch decor, and delicious soufflé’s constitute a thrilling...
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Dinner Debate
Picture by Gliderknight After a challenging dinner party I went to the other night, I have to share some concerns I have with America’s image abroad. I’ve encountered many situations where people say...
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Got Mole? Parisian Mexican Food
I have found two outstanding Mexican restaurants that satisty my desire for enchilades covered in red sauce, mole slow cooked with unsweetened chocolate, and firey soup garnished with shrimp and...
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Best Basque Cuisine: L’Ami Jean
L’Ami Jean is my top pick in Paris right now. It is so so so so SO good! This restaurant is solid with seasonal delicious Basque food at affordable prices. Choose one of their succulent meat dishes...
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How to Make Crepes! Crepes! Crepes!
I have a very special French friend, Marine, who besides being an amazing person is also our barometer for all things français. She has helped tremendously during our first year abroad and has even...
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French Female Wine Makers
I have two unusual delicious white wines that you MUST try if you can get ahold of them. They are not cheap– but neither is the experience. The first is a white Chateauneuf du Pape that is made with...
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Passover Pastry Macaroons
This recipe is for Teri, who had the brilliant idea that Macaroons would be an excellent Passover dessert because they don’t use leavening. They do use almond powder in place of flour, and I know some...
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The Biggest Market in the World: Rungis
The cuisine students at Le Cordon Bleu had a field trip to Rungis, the largest professional fresh product market in the world. The market is so big that it’s actually it’s own city! In this...
View ArticleLaverie Automatique
I have come to the conclusion that my Parisian neighborhood laundromat is really a portal for Purgatory and only bizarre demonic people or angelic misunderstood artists come to wash their filthy...
View ArticleLaverie Automatique Part II
Back from A weekend in Basque Country, the laundromat saga continues… My husband and I did something really really naughty tonight. We brought in three huge loads of laundry five minutes after 9PM into...
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Pays Basque
3 days, 3 gorgeous coastal cities, and 3 unique Basque cultures: Biarritz, Hendaye, San Sebastian… Forget Nice & Cannes and come to the original Cote d’Azur for surfing, delcious food &...
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